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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -fluffy-:
no it is not a 2 gb ram

here is the spec fore the thl w8+

ThL W8+ Android Phone Basic Information:

Model: ThL W8+

Band: 2G:GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz

3G:WCDMA 850/2100MHz

Service Provide:Unlocked

ThL W8+ System:

OS: Android 4.2.1 quad core

CPU: MTK(MT6589) 1.2GHZ

ROM: 16GB

RAM :1GB

ThL W8+ Android Phone Screen:

Display: 5.0 inch FHD screen

Display reulotion: 1920X1080 pixels

Support Network:Quad-band SIM1/SIM2/GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900MHz),SIM1/3G(850/2100)

ThL W8+ Android Phone Support Format:

Ringtones Type:Polyphonic/MP3

Video File Format:3GP/MPEG4

Audio File Format: MP3/WAV/AMR/AWB

Image File Format:JPEG/BMP/GIF/PNG/GIF

E-book Format:TXT/CHM/DOC/HTML

FM:Coreless FM stereo，support background play

Earphone Port: 3.5mm

Card Extend: microSD memory card (T-Flash card)，32GB maximum

ThL W8+ Android Phone Data Transfer & Connectivity

Data transfer:USB/Bluetooth

Mobile internet:WAP/WIFI

ThL W8+ Android Phone General Details:

Dual Cameras, front camera: 5MP, back camera: 12MP with flashlight

Language :English, Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Cestina, Deutsch,Espanol, French, Italiano, Magyar, Nederlands, Portuguese, Romana,Tagalog, Vietnamese, Turkish,Gre

Phonebook: above 1000

Message:SMS/MMS

Input:Handwrite/Keypad

TV:No

WIFI:Yes, 802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth:Bluetooth 2.0

Multi-Touch:Yes, 5 point touch

Other Feature: 3G, GPS, Play Store, Flash Player, WIFI, Bluetooth, FM radio, UC Browser,Ebook, Email, Messaging, VPN Services, Google search, wallpapers,calendar, calculator, clock, tethering & portable hotspot, camera, torch, etc

Java:No

GPS:Yes, built in, support A-GPS and voice navigation

With EPO assistance to speed up postioning

ThL W8+ Android Phone Package Including:

Size: 188 x 107 x 61mm/7.23 x 4.11 x 2.34 inch

Weight: 154g included one battery
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmoegele:
Someone already flashed this ? It broke preloader and phone get bricked.

Any help will be welcome,...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yewchieh:
Flashing new firmware is easy...it only took me less than 1 minute to flash THL W8. Of cuz you must have all files ready.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muratzilla:
ThL W8 Wifi?

I got my ThL W8 yesterday (8Gb rom, 1Gb ram).

Everything is fine except suprisingly bad wifi. Even near router, it gets 3Mbit/s from speedtest (Wifi connected at 65Mbit, 20mhz channel 11, 802.11n, WPA2-AES). Signal is full near wifi of course, it gets moderate signal downstairs but download speed is still low.

I also tested it with HSPA+ 3G data connection. While my iphone / ipad / HSPA+ router gets 12 Mbits speed from speedtest.net using local server, ThL is limited to max 3Mbit again. It says H+ on top so it is connected at max. speed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ch-vox:
I'm going to investigate. It seems Endomondo and others apps don't use MT6589 chipset as Runkeeper or Open GPS Tracker do.

I've written to ThL tech support, they don't have a clear response.

I'll write to Endomondo tech support today to know more about this issue.

Runkeeper is good but I prefer far more Endomondo for tracking app.

But I'm glad that those apps work on our phone, it seems that it's a software issue not hardware...

EDIT :

I've searched on Endomondo forums, it looks like this an issue due to Android.

Example in CM 4.2.1 :https://getsatisfaction.com/endomon..._measurement_are_incorrect_100_kms_in_33_mins

Developers from Endomondo say that they cannot fix this because it's linked to Android.

Unfortunately, with ThL W8 other apps work (Open GPS Tracker; Runkeeper...), so it's not so easy...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SV650Sk6:
i flashed this firmware and it now seems as if my home button is screwy. sometimes i have to press it twice(minor gripe). and it doesn't wake up the phone anymore( minor gripe).

What i would like to know is how to get google music controls working on the lock screen. And how to make the phone save pictures to the external sd and not the internal one.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yewchieh:
I think ThL W8 cannot woke up by pressing Home button. At least mine cannot.

To save files in external SD, you have to go Settings->Storage-> change default write disk to SD card.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -fluffy-:
i have just try with my internet an i have 100mb/10mb

an my download is 43mb/24mb

as fore my hspa+ it is download 15mb/6mb

so i think its working fine according to my up an down speed

from provider
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmoegele:
After one night and some hot hours finally got my phone back to live,... ;)

But friends I tried to understand what has happened.

Final results: Firmware ThL_W8.JB.HD.EN.COM.8P64_MT6589V1.0.13_20130312 from here

does brick my device! Its especially the Preloader which does not fit to my phone. So best thing is delete the preloader_ztenj89_cu_jb.bin file.

you don´t need it for most cases.

Another thing is the LCD-driver my screen is flickering after update.

So finally I could restore my backup from Sdcard and everything is like before again ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muratzilla:
Can you tell me if you use factory rom (4.1.2) or you re-flashed provided factory rom via CWM?

Perhaps they fixed some small things before put online.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muratzilla:
I just re-flashed factory rom and replaced recovery.img with CWM recovery.

Vol up + Home button + Power button (5 secs) combination works. Vol up + Power button doesn't work.

I rooted it via superuser.zip file so rooting was easy.

However, I still have weak wifi speed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muratzilla:
I just found out a modded rom for ThL W8

china-phone.netne.net/2013/03/23/thl-w8-aggiornamento-firmware-12032013/

Use google translate to see whats new

I'm going to flash it via cwm. I really like the idea of turning on screen by Home button instead of power button in this rom.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yewchieh:
Please post your feedback here about this modded rom.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muratzilla:
Well not much actually. They only modified small things and pre-rooted. They semes to modify gps.conf for europe, which I changed back to my country.

Turn on display by Home button doesn't work at most of the times. It only works if you just turned off display with power button and if you click home button in a few seconds.

So, no benefits using this really. Just install cwm and root your phone if necessary, thats it.

I still get 3Mbit wifi speed no matter what.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmoegele:
The Home button is working but needs several trys to wake the phone from deepsleep state.

For Wifi my speed is @54Mbit so perhaps the device has problems with your Wifi-AP / Router.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZ-Simplicity:
Alas you cannot seem to get the files any more, it seems that the persons dropbox has been hammered and they have suspended it :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomi2307:
fake benchmark results??????

i found this video: youtube.com/watch?v=kUHT52xkxFE (sorry system wont let me post it as a link)

Can anyone test on thl w8 for similar application messing up with the benchmark score. i really like this phone and am willing to buy it, but first i want to know if its antutu benchmark score is really around 12000.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muratzilla:
My antutu score was 12064, then 119XX and then 118xx. It seems the more stuff you install on your phone, smaller score you get.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomi2307:
If you have root try to find same app inside system folder, as shown in the video above.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yewchieh:
I cannot find the file as stated. So i guess the ThL score is correct...

i got 12000++ score during clean phone with no apps....

but when i more apps i installed....

the score become less and less....

now i only have 11000++
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C3C076:
Project Butter?

Got this device with 12/03 stock rom preinstalled. I feel like sharing one important technical info regarding FPS of the user interface.

I started to investigate on it as soon as I noticed that the "tearing" effect while scrolling (in settings, web) is more visible than on my old 800MHz single core device with Adreno 200. Now you've probably heard about Google's Project Butter introduced in JellyBean, right? It's the constant frequency of 60Hz driven by VSYNC. Together with tripple buffering you get constant 60 FPS rate in UI eliminating the "tearing" effect making the UI buttery smooth. The refresh rate of the W8's latest 4.1 rom seems to be locked at around 30FPS, which really sucks.... (This can be easily reproduced by installing "Gears" app from play store). So the devs at THL seem they totally ignored/incorrectly implemented the Project Butter support (I suspect they're missing some important parts of it at kernel level)

Let's hope that the fix will come within the new FW update (if there will be any) :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fabricio Neves:
ThL W8 - drivers for transfer data W8 to SDCard 32Gb external

Hello!

Friends I would like to save files or where to download them, save them in 32Gb SDCard I installed.

I can not find drivers for the MT6589 Win7.

I downloaded some drivers, but these do not work, because when I connect the device and starts the installation and end the message that could not find the drivers for the device.

I want to use this 32Gb sdcard, use as many photos and videos as well as music and wanted to leave the ROM of the device only as needed.

I've tried many steps here in this post, but nothing worked.

Can anyone help me? :confused:

Thank You.

Portuguese

"Olá!

Amigos estou gostaria de salvar arquivos ou quando baixá-los, salvá-los no SDCard 32Gb que instalei.

Não consigo achar os drivers do MT6589 para o Win7.

Baixei alguns drivers, mas estes não funcionam, pois quando conecto o aparelho e começa a instalação e no final aparece a mensagem que não localizou os drivers do aparelho.

Quero usar este SdCard de 32Gb, pois uso muitas fotos e vídeos, além de músicas e queria deixar a ROM do aparelho somente com o necessário.

Já tentei muitos passos descritos aqui neste post, mas nada funcionou.

Alguém pode me ajudar?

Grato."

Fabricio Neves
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muratzilla:
I believe its MTK6589 SDK's fault. Because my other MT6589 phone Cubot M6589 (with Android 4.2) doesn't perform better than THL.

In fact, I found ThL W8 perform better, smoother than cubot.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yewchieh:
Driver for MT6589

https://disk.yandex.com/public/?hash=bkTkyXdsoTAQEAjEGenSqYqVt+4HdldptQdyOmIr6Jc=
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C3C076:
I doubt that. I requested a Gears test from owners of H7500+ which is another MTK6589 running 4.2. They have constant rate of 60 FPS. So definitely not a problem at MTK SDK side.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmoegele:
Has somenone installed memeory enhancement files ?

I now have 2,7Gb internal size, but the external sdcard is not shown any more and I can´t mount it.

In TWRP both (internal and external ) are working and can be mounted.

who can help a linux nub :confused:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chentz78:
When I download this file and try open unrar say "no extract files". My MD5 hash for this file is "454cf97c4661b442acd4d8888bbcd2ca". Does anybody have another source for this file ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C3C076:
CWM and TWRP built for THL W8 from source now available: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2237779
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OpenMinded:
By default on mtk6577 phones, the data is set to off.

Did you check under sim settings? There is an option to enable data.

Also check the gprs option and that you are using the sim slot marked with 3g.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C3C076:
This is an old issue. I think the guy had already resolved it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yewchieh:
Yes, he has already resolved it. It's his operator issue.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -fluffy-:
i use thise drivers fore my thl w8
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -fluffy-:
have a look here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40471589&postcount=1
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SV650Sk6:
i still cant get my sdcard to mount under recovery (cwm and twrp) anyone have any ideas? can someone post their Fstab so i can compare?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arkas5:
Can someone give some feedback on the battery? It seems to me that if this phone had a bigger battery it would be a bargain. With the 2000mah though does it get through the day?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C3C076:
I find battery life quite good. A least 2 days with moderate use. It's subjective, though.

---------- Post added at 01:42 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:39 AM ----------

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2237779

There you'll find links to my device config where you can take a look at fstab
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ch-vox:
+1 almost 3 days without charging, using HSDPA, GPS, and other stuffs that use to drain a bit.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yewchieh:
2 hours of call, 1 hour surfing + play game....still has 50%.

---------- Post added at 04:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:29 PM ----------

I found out that ThL W8 screen responsive time is really slow. Playing action game such as temple run or fruit ninja is really non enjoying.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChromiumPD:
the problem is the fps are locked... also the volume is low with other headphones and the data/hour crash.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ch-vox:
just install this package through CWM :

http://forum.china-iphone.ru/post1031535.html#p1031535

DateTimeSettings_update.zip solves this issue. :)

Regards
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C3C076:
Looks like your other headphones have pins switched. It is possible to get a special adapter which switches pins correctly.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChromiumPD:
i tried 5 types of headphones... all of them have this problem...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZ-Simplicity:
says I am not authorized to download the file :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ch-vox:
you need to be registered to download it.

use google trad if you can't read russian language.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] purtuga:
THL W8 - problems with microfone

Hello,

I bought last week the cellphone THL w8 but i have a problem:

I only able to talk on the phone with earset cable or when the phone is without the white plastic back cover.

Otherwise, the microphone does not seem to work, ie, the call receiver does not hear what I'm talking about. (I have to take off the white plastic black cover to continue the calling).

I think Microfone 1 (small hole located on one of smaller phone side - see picture attached) it`s not working (maybe it`s not mounted???)

Only the Microfone 2 its working (see the picture attached)

Does any one can help to solve the problem?

Tks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SV650Sk6:
I plugged my thl headset into a Blackberry curve. The other person can hear me fine but on my end I can hear them AND a ton of my own ambient/background noise. Its like I have Super Hearing all of a sudden :laugh: I can even hear the phone itself shifting around on the seat, cupholder etc.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZ-Simplicity:
got my W8 today, looks like a really great phone, got it rooted with no problems :)

Only downside I seen so far is the manual is all chinese which kinda makes it a little difficult to read :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryangb:
I'm looking at buying a THL W8. Has anyone here had this phone working with a USB keyboard? I know I could probably use Bluetooth, but USB is easier. (-:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arcadesdude:
Strange, I noticed the volume is really loud using some other earbuds (sony brand). No pin switching was done. Wish I could turn the volume down lower than the lowest setting...same for screen brightness.

I noticed during calls the volume is really quiet, especially the speakerphone. Anyone got any good apps for adjusting call volumes and media volume levels?

UPDATE:: I Saw an earlier post in this thread about using engineering mode to increase the speakerphone/headset earpiece volumes and will try that. Hopefully it will help the volume issues but other than that the phones been great!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rigas21:
hello, i would like to ask you if thl w8 plays divx and avi files
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C3C076:
It does. My old zte skate did play avi and divx. Why wouldn't quad core do? :)

It plays even mkvs. Anyway, it doesn't depend on container, but rather codec used to encode video...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kucyk84:
thx. works perfect
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muratzilla:
I discovered GravityMod2 - custom ROM for THL W8 - Android 4.2.1 today and it works awesome in my 8Gb rom ThL W8

For those unaware of it, here is the link

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2249808
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badola:
I am unable to see caller name on incoming call, even when the incoming number is stored in my contacts. The problem I figured happens when a local contact is stored with country code but call comes in with caller ID without country code. Is this a known problem in Android with (hopefully) a known solution?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kucyk84:
u can install GravityMod and all updates, it should work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZ-Simplicity:
Yes, I have installed the GravityMod2 custom ROM as well and have upgraded to 4.2.1 :)

The author today released v1.4

Changelog 1.4 - 02/05/2013

- Volume key cursor control in text fields

- Added missing lockscreen targets (camera, google search)

- Recents apps: added button to clear all open tasks at once

- Automatic backlight values adjusted (less brightness in dark)

- Wifi scan interval changed from 15secs to 60secs

- Quick-unlock by touching menu key while on lockscreen

- Don't turn on display when charger/USB unplugged
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muratzilla:
There is one problem with GravityMod2 which seems unresolved within 1.4 update.

When you scrolldown in facebook, web browser etc, there is tearing under screen. Its almost exactly at the same spot where your phone / messages icons located at the bottom bar.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kucyk84:
i using chrome for facebook, no issues.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C3C076:
No tearings in FB on default web browser. Can you make a video? It could be your hardware.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amarjyoti:
I tried searching on these forums but did not get an answer. Does the THL W8 get 3G speeds with ATT post paid plan.

I have been trying but I only get edge. :(

I am using gravity mod.

The phone is wonderful in every other sense. And gravity mod is awesome.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arcadesdude:
I'm not sure about the post paid plan specifically but the ThL W8 does get 3g, 3g+ (and 2g edge) speeds using StraightTalk's AT&T network. It uses only the 850mhz band (not the 1900mhz because the ThL W8 doesn't support it) through AT&T. I've gotten up to 4mbps down and 1.25mbps upload speeds =)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muratzilla:
Hi,

Its Facebook App, not facebook on browser. I also have problems with fast-scene-changing youtube videos where LCD can't catch up with image change. However it appears to be a problem with framebuffer driver rather than LCD hardware problem. Because it draws lines from top left to right bottom in order and it simply can't draw lines fast enough.

I made a video, it is more noticable during horizantal use and happens in vertical scrolling so you can see what happens on left. I also tested it in vertical mode with vertical scrolling but it is very hard to see now, it was more obvious in 1.3 firmware or perhaps its related to facebook content.

Video link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-BOqdAAdmw
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C3C076:
Oh man, I thought you were talking about something dramatic :D

You can't expect anybody to take care of any low level system stuff like drivers and kernel. This is all "thanks" to Mediatek closed source policy. According to GPL they should at least make the modified kernel source public but the fact they ignore it speaks for itself.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muratzilla:
Well, it was more dramatic before. Somehow after 1.4 upgrade or full battery re-charge problem is less noticable now.

Btw many thanks for this wonderful work. My ThL W8 is on steroids now thanks to your work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joevik:
Hi,

I am interested in buying this phone.

Did anyone test the phone on a non WCDMA network for 3G ? As in my country we do not have WCDMA network but we use 3G on a non WCDMA network of 2100 frequency.

Has anyone tried if they get HSDPA on a non WCDMA network ?

Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whackertje:
Which country?

Working fine in Belgium (GSM 900/1800 and WCDMA 2100).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kucyk84:
in Holland also
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -fluffy-:
in denmark also

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i dont have any problems wiht video playing from youtube
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryangb:
Looking at this thread, I gather that you need drivers on the PC to make the W8 appear as a USB drive - is that right? And am I also right in thinking the drivers are only for Windows? Has anyone got the W8 connecting to Linux OK? Ta!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C3C076:
No problem connecting to Linux. Both storages work. No driver is needed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmoegele:
Did yesterday a similar xls sheet ,... ;)

But can´t hardly believ, that there should be no config files for doing this settings directly in running system !?

Does anyone know where the config files are located.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arcadesdude:
I don't know where they are. I know there is an app called Volume Fine Control which seems to be able to edit these settings directly in the app without going into engineering mode. I think that app modifies the level settings but maybe not the max settings. It doesn't support the FMR at all though. Perhaps there is some way to do it...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aoprea:
this phone has led notification ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kucyk84:
yes, on the left side. u can not see that, but there is a little led
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arcadesdude:
Yes. It has an led notification light. And it works just fine with the lightflow app although the ThL W8 doesn't have all that many colors for the notifications. I have noticed white, green and red.

The screen doesn't have to be off to see the notification led.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donmantovani:
THL W8+ screen goes black when call connects

Hello everyone. I am new here and hope someone can help me.

I bought a THL W8+ from thlmobilestore and received it a week ago.

The problem is that every time a call connects, the screen goes black and the buttons stop working. As a result, I cannot hang up or use hands free etc.

I tried to contact the support but they do not help: they only tell me to press the power button on during a conversation, which of course I did, but the button does not work if a call is connected.

Any idea what the cause might be?

Also GPS does not lock. The built number ends with ...20130418, I think it is the latest one.

Thanks.